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Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are calling for safer rail shipments of crude oil and better communication with first-responders after the train derailment in downtown Lynchburg that spilled 20,000 gallons of crude into the James River. In a letter Monday to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, the Virginia Dems said the ripples from that April 30 derailment and fiery explosion — which one eyewitness said turned the James into a “deep-fryer” — are felt well beyond Lynchburg. “Americans deserve to have information about potentially hazardous materials passing through their communities, and emergency personnel must be prepared to act quickly when accidents...

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In a letter...

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“At this time we expect downstream impacts...

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Iraqi Kurdish forces took advantage of the...

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In some places, the oil was knee-high, affecting several businesses near the...

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The latest hold-up in the unusually...

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One man died, more than 500,000 people were urged to evacuate and hundreds of flights were canceled in Japan as a strong typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to its southwestern islands and could bring heavy rain to Tokyo later this week....

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